The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by paragraphs 1 and 9 (4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule, hereby make the following Order: Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament. Revenue support grant for 2000-2001 2. - (1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order. (2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 shall be the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2000-2001 3. - (1) The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 is £1,662,691,000. (2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order. (3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2000-2001 shall be that part of the distributable amount for that year determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Revenue support grant for 1999-2000 4. - (1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order. (2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Revocations 5. Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1999[2] (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1999-2000) are hereby revoked. JACK McCONNELL A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew's House, Edinburgh 10th February 2000
EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) This Order-
(b) determines the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in respect of that year (article 3 and Schedule 1); (c) redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 (article 4 and Schedule 2); (d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1999 (article 5). [1] 1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.back
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